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Updates on missing Malaysian airliner

Entering day 7 in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which vanished with 239 people aboard.

-Evidence suggests that the jet turned off course after contact was lost and kept flying for upto 5 hours possibly into the Indian Ocean. The area has not been part of the initial search effort.

Data reflects that the transponder stopped working 40 minutes into the flight, at which point satellite connections were made. If the system had a backup battery, those contacts could’ve been made even after a crash.http://nyti.ms/1qyGgka

– Frustration is growing: Malaysian officials kept some of this information from the public for the last 4 days. The country’s elite, who have ruled for nearly 60 years with an iron grip, are facing rare scrutiny.http://nyti.ms/1dSCaOv

-The world is playing detective: ABC News cites two unidentified US officials as saying two modes of communication were “systematically shut down.” There’s also UFO and LOST theories, as well as aviation chat rooms and a crowdsourced digital search: http://nyti.ms/1gqRteG How would stealing a Boeing 777 work? http://slate.me/1iIZceX